France seeks to woo foreign film-makers

France seeks to woo foreign film-makers

PARIS — It began with a violent, perplexing death in the Louvre, and it ended with a flood of tourists tracking the Holy Grail.

Paris milked Da Vinci Code mania for all it was worth back in 2006 _ and is hoping for similar windfalls with a new tax break designed to attract foreign movie makers to France. The goal is to win movie business away from Britain, Germany and low-cost Eastern European countries.